oburo

Nyoro

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Central Sudanic language; compare with Lugbara ɗö (finger millet).

Noun

oburo class 14 (uncountable, augmentless buro)

  1. finger millet

References

  • An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[1], 1998, page 306